New starting in 2016 is the "Work Anyone" contact. Any contact you
make now is a FYBO contact. There are now many more overlapping field activities
especially with the advent of SOTA and NPOTA (National Parks On The Air). Work
everyone you can. More fun anyway.

New starting in 2015 was theTEAMcategory. You can have various other stations add their
score together with yours as aTEAM. Example: John Stevens K5JS in LA, James Duffy KK6MC
and Jerry Haigwood W5JH all agree to submit their logs individually and as aTEAM, so they
get two entries into the event while operating as one. Nice way to add a
bit of interest.

Members of a Team must agree on a NAME of the
Team and then mark the TEAM name on their log submittal next to their Name and
Callsign.

A sheet listing the members of the team by Name
and Call sign needs to be sent to K7DD (k7ddmjb@gmail.com) the DAY BEFORE the
event to qualify and define the team. That is,Feb 5at 2359 Hrs, GMT.

If
you operate from separate batteries dedicated to the operation of the radio
while in a vehicle it qualifies for the Alternative Power bonus. The vehicle
battery charging system qualifies as a petroleum driven generator. You may
charge batteries from the vehicle if you wish but they cannot be charged via
the vehicle while the station is on the air.

Work stations once PER band segment. Score 1 point per QSO.

Exchange RST, State/Province/DXCC Country (SPCs), first name, power out, and

QSOs - Report the number of non-duplicated QSOs on band segments that you have
made contacts. SPC - Report the number of non-duplicated
States/Provinces/Countries on those band segments. NQ7RP - Report the total
number of contacts made with NQ7RP on all band segments. A maximum of ONE
contact with NQ7RP is allowed per band segment.

Stations may be contacted on different band segments, but only once within a
band segment.

A band segment is defined as the combination of band and mode (e.g. 80cw,
80ssb, 10Dig, etc.).

Modes are defined as CW, SSB, and Digital.

The summary can be abbreviated if you wish to just the Totals of QSOs, SPCs,
and number of contacts with NQ7RP.

If you work NQ7RP on a band (e.g. 20m SSB and 20m CW are EACH a band), please
enter a "1" in the NQ7RP column for that band/segment.

Alternative power is a non-generator or mains power source. Batteries count if
they are charged from solar, wind, or some natural source of energy. Here is an
excerpt from the ARRL Field Day rule...

7.3.8. Alternative Power: ... without using power from commercial mains or
petroleum driven generator. This means an "alternate" energy source
of power, such as solar, wind, methane or water. This includes batteries
charged by natural means (not dry cells). ...

Top Entry in each category receives a certificate.

Please include your soapbox comments with your log! We'd like to hear of the
trials of cold-weather operating, and any and all anecdotes are
appreciated.

Logs are due 30 days after contest.

Please mark logs with category, i.e, single, multi-op, multi-multi and home or
field.

Please cut and paste a copy of the example summary and scoring template above
into your email entry, fill it out with YOUR information using this page as a
guide. Put your comments in for the Soapbox area, list of operators for multis,
and links to pictures, etc. Attach individual pictures or whatever else to your
entry and email to:

Be sure to include your call with any separate email so we can match up with
what comes in other emails. Hard copy, if you must, to Mike (K7DD). Be sure to
INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS for confirmation that we received your logs.

Include summary sheet, callsign, operator(s), power, location, and lowest
operating Temp. Please include a mailing address for each entry so we can mail
the certificates out. QRZ dot COM will be used for addresses unless you provide
a better one. Logs are always fun to look at and put into databases to play
with, but they are not required.

NOTE: This is a fun contest, NOT an episode of Survivor. Be aware of the
temperature and the possibility of cold injury! PLEASE be careful.